Today started with a frost but by the time I’d walked the dog it was starting to warm up, though the breeze was picking up as well. I built my self designed pedal powered boat last year and had my first sail in March. I think I tried to make the boat too complicated byContinue reading “My first boat trip of the year.”
Can you ride a trail too many times?
I’m going to answer the question in the title straight away. No, I don’t believe you can ride a trail too many times. On a good trail it will never be exactly the same twice. At the top of the page is a heat map generated by the app. Strava of my riding in BrinscalContinue reading “Can you ride a trail too many times?”
I made a really good decision.
Last year I built and developed a pedal powered boat and having not used it since October I’m now keen to get on the water again. I’ve found that when using the boat, unlike when mountain biking, it’s much more enjoyable if the weather is warm and sunny. As well as the obvious dangers ofContinue reading “I made a really good decision.”
Is it spring?
The modern interpretation is that spring begins on the first of March though the spring equinox around the 21st is a more traditional view. In my garden things are certainly starting to happen with the snowdrops almost finished with their life cycle. The Helibores are in full bloom and many early plants such as camassiaContinue reading “Is it spring?”
Riding without climbing.
A couple of days ago I had a strange experience. I lifted my arm gently to reach for a pan on the stove and felt a sharp pain in my back. I’ve never had back problems and I couldn’t tell, and in fact still don’t know, if the pain was emanating from my spine orContinue reading “Riding without climbing.”
A very hard training ride.
We had 2 glorious days last weekend but Monday was really wet. Today the skies are back to almost cloudless splendour so it was an ideal opportunity for a mountain bike ride. Looking back at my recent rides on the app. Strava I noticed that I haven’t done any tough training rides recently so IContinue reading “A very hard training ride.”
A mountain bike adventure.
Today I expected that, despite 2 days of glorious sunshine, the trails would be rather damp. I thought about a longer ride and remembered last year riding to the “Egg Hillock”. It’s a curiously egg shaped mound on a remote Moor. I decided that the trail conditions were likely to be unfavourable so chose insteadContinue reading “A mountain bike adventure.”
An angel twice in one day!
The title is a vast exaggeration but I hope I’ve done a couple of good things today. The story started 2 days ago when I walked our dog, Freddie, up our local hill, Healey Nab. After 3 named storms in a week we had some trees fallen across the trails. I couldn’t do anything toContinue reading “An angel twice in one day!”
Riding without a plan.
I usually plan my rides in advance, usually with some target in mind. Today, though, I started my ride with no particular plan because of the recent weather. We’ve just endured storm Eunice. Naming storms in Britain is a recent idea and Eunice was the second named storm in a week. The last one reallyContinue reading “Riding without a plan.”
Stormy weather.
We’ve had a lot of rain since my last ride and today was predicted to be very wet. A weather warning for strong wind and rain had been issued but this morning, despite a good breeze, things didn’t look too bad. I decided to risk a ride before the predicted deluge rather than wait intoContinue reading “Stormy weather.”
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